The Krma Valley - Okroglež

Access to starting point:
We drive to Mojstrana, then follow the signs for the Kot and Krma valleys and the Radovna settlement. The relatively steep road then takes us past the TNP sign, after which the road soon levels out and brings us to an intersection, where a gravel road branches off to the right into the Kot Valley. We continue straight on the road that begins to descend. In the middle of the descent, a road branches off to the right into the Krma Valley (straight ahead Radovna). A little further on we come to the next intersection, where we continue right in the direction of Krma. The gravel road then takes us to the Kovinarska koča, and we follow it further. An occasionally slightly worse road then takes us to the parking lot in front of the barrier in the Krma Valley.

Path description:
From the parking lot we go back a few dozen steps, then head right (from the access direction to the starting point left), towards the east on the path in the direction of Blejska koča na Lipanci. Initially we climb only gently, but already after three minutes of walking the path becomes steep, and a few minutes higher we arrive under the cliffs, where we notice an inscription that the path we will continue to climb on was built in 1952.
The path ahead climbs steeply through the forest to a somewhat more demanding passage, where we are assisted by pitons, less steep steps and a steel cable. The path then leads us among the dwarf pines and we follow it further to a mighty torrent gully. To the gully we first descend a little, on the other side we climb transversely up the steep slope. Crossing the gully is hindered or even impossible after heavy rain, but since the slopes are steep the water drains quickly. The path ahead then climbs through the forest, still steeply upwards. The path gets closer and closer to the steep slopes and rock faces. When the forest becomes quite sparser the path climbs even steeper and for a short time becomes so steep that we have to help a little with our hands. This part of the path is especially dangerous for slipping when wet, in dry conditions it does not cause greater danger. The path then brings us under steep rock faces, where there is a great danger of falling rocks, especially in spring and after rain. We cross under the cliffs almost horizontally, then the path climbs again. A steel cable helps us again, leading us to grassy slopes. Further we again cross slopes exposed to falling rocks and soon after that we come to a less steep part of the path. We continue climbing on an increasingly scenic path mostly among dwarf pines and sparse forest to a junction, where we turn left towards Debela peč and Lipanska vrata (right Lipanski vrh and Mrežce).
The path ahead climbs transversely to the left and in a few minutes of moderate ascent brings us to Lipanska vrata, from which we descend a few steps to the junction.
We continue left towards Debela peč and Brda and Blejska koča (right Kredarica (peak above Lipanska vrata), Lipanski vrh and Mrežce) and continue the path transversely under the lesser known Vrh nad Rdečim, where a belt of dwarf pines accompanies us along the path.
When the belt of dwarf pines ends, from the junction we continue on the upper path (slightly right Blejska koča na Lipanci), which leads further towards Debela peč.
For a few minutes we continue in a slight transverse ascent to the right, then two paths branch off to the left to the summit of Brda, the branches are a few minutes apart, but from both junctions we continue straight.
After the second junction we gradually begin to descend, partly through a rocky part, partly through dwarf pines. Somewhere at the lowest point of this part of the ridge, a hunting path from the Krma Valley joins us from the left side almost unnoticeably, and after a short ascent we reach a better trodden path towards Debela peč, which leads from Pokljuka.
We follow the signs for Debela peč (right Blejska koča), a few dozen steps further we leave the well trodden path towards Debela peč and continue the ascent right in the direction of the Okroglež summit. An ascent follows along a less distinct path, which through a belt of dwarf pines in about five minutes of further walking brings us to the scenic summit of Okroglež, where there is a stamp on a metal pole.

Starting point - junction below Lipanska vrata 2:25, junction below Lipanska vrata - Lipanska vrata 0:10, Lipanska vrata - junction below Vrh nad Rdečim 0:05, junction below Vrh nad Rdečim - first branch for Brda 0:05, first branch for Brda - second branch for Brda 0:05, second branch for Brda - junction below Okroglež 0:15, junction below Okroglež - Okroglež 0:05.

On the way: Pod Lipanskimi vrati (1656m), Razpotje pod Lipanskimi vrati (1878m), Lipanska vrata (1905m), Razpotje pod Vrhom nad Rdečim (1903m), Odcep za Brda I. (1925m), Odcep za Brda II. (1962m), Razpotje pod Okrogležem (1941m), Odcep za Okroglež (1945m)